Ever felt so tired and demotivated by work that you just couldn't carry on?

Perhaps you know someone who's gone through something like this.

The term burnout has become a common one in recent times.

But are we clear on what it really means?

And even more importantly, exactly what causes it?

Evangelia Damaruti, professor in work and organizational psychology at the Eindhoven University of Technology, as well as co-author

of the recent ETII report addressing burnout in organizations, may just have some answers for us.

I'm your host, Bethany Staunton, and you're listening to ETIP Podcast, Voices on the World of Work.

Evangeli, thanks so much for coming on to the ETIP podcast Voices on the World of Work. Evangelia, thanks so much for coming on to the ETIP podcast.

Let's get started with a simple question.

What are the symptoms of burnout?

Can we liken it to perhaps an experience of prolonged stress

or any other kind of condition?

Yeah, that is an interesting question.

And we are in the review that we wrote for the E2E,

we saw that there are many, many definitions.

And the problem is that indeed, burnout is very similar to some other mental health issues

like stress, which makes it difficult

to discriminate that from other mental health illnesses.

Still, there are some things that Pernaut has unique and that in combination they form

this syndrome.

Syndrome is when people experience something together.

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